Cosmic Jets
arXiv:1011.3477 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2011.02.036
Abstract
We discuss time-dependent gravitational fields that "accelerate" free test particles to the speed of light resulting in cosmic double-jet configurations. It turns out that complete gravitational collapse along a spatial axis together with corresponding expansion along the other two axes leads to the accelerated motion of free test particles up and down parallel to the collapse axis such that a double-jet pattern is asymptotically formed with respect to the collapsed configuration.
4 pages, 1 figure; v2: improved version; v3: revised version accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. A